Gowalior Fort

INIG1161 māgha śudi 6 Gwalior fort (Gwalior). From a Śiva temple. 9 lines, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Fragmentary inscription mentioning the Kacchapaghāta rulers Bhuvanapāla, Devapāla, his son Padmapāla and Mahīpāla. Records that Manoratha, a Māthura kāyastha, was married to Bhāvā (?) and that he was a servant of Bhuvanapāla. Their son was Mānicandra and he built a temple of Śiva (Smarārāti) and some other gods. Further recounts that Mānicandra was married to Rāsagati and that their sons were Madhusūdana and Āśācandra. The later (i.e. Āśācandra) built the present temple of Hara. Composed by the Jaina sage Yaśodeva. Now in the State Museum, Lucknow.

INIG1160 kārttika śudi 13 guruvāra Gwalior fort (Gwalior). On the Sās Bahū temple near the door of the sanctum. Number of lines not given, nāgarī, Sanskrit. Damaged; seems to record some construction by a certain Mahindu. The writer was Ratana.

INIG1150 Gwalior fort (Gwalior). Two slabs in the porch of the Sās Bahū temple. 22 lines (right side) + 21 lines (left side), old nāgarī, Sanskrit. Describes the construction of and donations to Padmanātha (i.e. Viṣṇu) by the  Kacchapaghāta ruler Mahīpāladeva. The main kings of the Kacchapaghāta dynasty are given in the inscription as: Lakṣmaṇa and his son Vajradāman (who defeated the king of Kannauj and conquered Gopādri); Maṅgalarāja; Kīrtirāja and his son Mūladeva (known as Bhuvanapāla and Trailokyamalla) who married Devavṛttā; his son Padmapāla; his heir Sūryapāla and his son Mahīpāla Bhuvanaikamalla who was a brother of Padmapāla. Composed by Maṇikaṇṭa, son of Govinda and the grandson of Rāma; written by Digambara Yaśodeva and inscribed by Padma Siṁhavāja and Māhula, sons of Devasvāmin.